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Botox is turning Nicole Kidman into a 'bat face' says cosmetic guru. (on the lighter side)
Daily Mail ^ | 13th March 2008 | RICHARD SHEARS

Posted on 03/13/2008 3:22:37 PM PDT by skyman

With frizzy red hair, milky white skin and a dusting of freckles, Nicole Kidman was never considered a conventional Hollywood beauty.

But she is now. And as well as a smooth golden hairstyle and perfect skin she has a freeze-frame face, free of even the faintest expression lines.

Not that cosmetic surgeons are lining up to take the credit. One claimed her unfortunate "bat face" look was putting other women off cosmetic treatments.

The 40-year-old Academy Award winner is so "over-Botoxed" she is giving the industry a bad name, Dr Martin Braun told a conference of medical experts.

Miss Kidman has always denied using Botox injections. "I am completely natural," she said in a recent magazine interview. "I have nothing in my face or anything."

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But Dr Braun, who runs the biggest Botox clinic in Canada, was convinced Miss Kidman had been an "enthusiastic user".

Botox paralyses facial muscles for between four and six months, softening the appearance of any wrinkles.

"Nicole seems to get her Botox done two or three weeks before a big event, so when she for instance, goes up on stage to collect her Academy Award she looks frozen and strange," Dr Braun told a cosmetic medicine conference in Queensland, Australia.

"She looks like a bat with too much of an (outer) brow lift. The middle of the brow's been dropped. She's crying when she accepts her Oscar, but nothing is moving."

Dr Braun claimed users should be injected two to three months before a big event to allow the effect of the drug to wear off. Actors in particular should use a minimal amount of the product.

He effectively blamed Miss Kidman and other stars for undermining his business.

"That's really doing nothing to help our job because we've got women coming to us saying: 'That's what we don't want to look like'," he said.

After the conference Dr Gabrielle Caswell, from the Cosmetic Physicians Society of Australasia, said she believed Miss Kidman had stopped using Botox in pregnancy. She is expecting a baby in the summer.

"She was using a little too much, especially in the forehead," said Dr Caswell. "Obviously she's not at the moment because she's pregnant; the photos show a lot more expression."

Last night, a spokesman for Miss Kidman said she had no comment.

Hollywood gossip websites have speculated that celebrities such as Celine Dion, Madonna, Cher and Sylvester Stallone have been injected with botox but only a few admit it - including veteran comedienne Joan Rivers.

Sir Cliff Richard has also admitting trying it, but giving it up after his eyebrows "seemed to drop and I didn't like the look of it."


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KEYWORDS: botox; kidman
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To: skyman
It's the ears that make the bat.


21 posted on 03/13/2008 3:38:02 PM PDT by x
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To: colorcountry

Oh yeah! I wish she’d go back to looking like that. Obviously she stays out of the sun and that alone is going to keep her looking younger than her sunbed counterparts.


22 posted on 03/13/2008 3:38:35 PM PDT by ktscarlett66 (Face it girls....I'm older and I have more insurance....)
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To: skyman

23 posted on 03/13/2008 3:39:27 PM PDT by jaz.357 (When you throw mud, you lose ground.)
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To: colorcountry
Attractive has to be a woman with sweatpants, sneakers, and an Ellen Degenerate T-shirt. If she chops off her long well groomed hair and got a “butchy” haircut, stopped wearing makeup, and walked with a wider stride, maybe reaching down occasionally and scratching herself as if she had itchy balls, then she'd be attractive. Of course if she wore a pant suits she'd then be a high class “bull-dike” and could get a staff job with Hillary.
24 posted on 03/13/2008 3:40:56 PM PDT by Red6 (Come and take it.)
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To: skyman; martin_fierro; mikrofon
BAT BOY: 'NICOLE AND I
HAVE LOVE CHILD TOGETHER!'

25 posted on 03/13/2008 3:43:06 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS!)
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To: skyman
"She looks like a bat with too much of an (outer) brow lift.

This guy has never seen a bat before or is a blind moron

Not condoning Botox treatment but she isn't "hard" to look at

26 posted on 03/13/2008 3:44:22 PM PDT by Popman (Gold Standard: Trying to squeeze a 50 lb economy back into a 5 lb bag)
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To: ktscarlett66
Yes Kidman is still very beautiful. So what if she uses Botox, it is only used on forehead wrinkles and at the corner of the eyes for crows feet. It is not used on the rest of the face because it makes the face droop. The women who look so awful when they start to age are the ones who get surgical face lifts. The skin of the face is pulled and tugged until it looks terrible, certainly it doesn't look young. Then they blow up their lips and looks like freaks. There is a website called Bad Cosmetic Surgery (or something like that) where you can go and look at the fools. Better to age gracefully, IMHO.
27 posted on 03/13/2008 3:44:46 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: ktscarlett66

“all these humongous lips walking around would scare me more.”
I hope you’re not talkin’ ‘bout Angelina, but about the others who are tryin’ to get her lips. I saw a pic of her when she was 15, and dem lips be real!


28 posted on 03/13/2008 3:45:23 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: skyman

29 posted on 03/13/2008 3:45:35 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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To: Charles Henrickson

30 posted on 03/13/2008 3:46:56 PM PDT by The_Republican (You know why Chelsea Clinton is so Ugly? Because Janet Reno is her Father! LOL! - Mac is Back!)
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To: The_Republican

Sickening!

31 posted on 03/13/2008 3:46:59 PM PDT by OSHA (The best NY Dems can do is #9?)
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To: skyman; All

Just clicking for the pictures. Nicole Kidman has been very pleasing to my eyes. FReeper humor BUMP! LOL!


32 posted on 03/13/2008 3:47:12 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

No, no, no! Angelina is hot because those are real! She’s just naturally got very full lips. I’m talking about those obviously fake, blown up those-weren’t-there-yesterday lips.


33 posted on 03/13/2008 3:48:44 PM PDT by ktscarlett66 (Face it girls....I'm older and I have more insurance....)
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To: skyman

GUILTY! No, thanks, I wouldn’t hit it, I’d rather go with Kirsten!


34 posted on 03/13/2008 3:48:45 PM PDT by Revolting cat! ("I am like...Dude......do you really....like want the Sex?")
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To: Charles Henrickson

35 posted on 03/13/2008 3:49:27 PM PDT by jdm (Contrary to popular belief, the search function works just fine.)
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To: x


He's really a great guy. Just likes to fight and f*** too much.
36 posted on 03/13/2008 3:51:04 PM PDT by jdm (Contrary to popular belief, the search function works just fine.)
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To: apocalypto
I'm more inclined to believe Cindy McCains facials expressions are the result of her stroke than from Botox
37 posted on 03/13/2008 3:54:13 PM PDT by boxerblues
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To: boxerblues

Cindy McCain had a stroke?


38 posted on 03/13/2008 3:57:24 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: OSHA


Eeeeewwww!
39 posted on 03/13/2008 3:58:35 PM PDT by The_Republican (You know why Chelsea Clinton is so Ugly? Because Janet Reno is her Father! LOL! - Mac is Back!)
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To: Ditter

http://www.johnmccain.com/About/CindyJournal.htm

April 16, 2007
On April 12th, I celebrated the third anniversary of my stroke. Every year at this time, I am reminded that I was one of the lucky ones. Time is of the essence after a stroke. Due to the presence of mind of those around me, I was rushed to Barrows Neurological Institute. Thankfully, I have no lasting effects. In fact, I am healthier today than I have ever been. My stroke forced me to make my health a priority. I have changed my diet, take my blood pressure medication religiously, and exercise.


40 posted on 03/13/2008 3:59:23 PM PDT by boxerblues
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